Last March I attended the Knitting and Stitching Show again. Years ago I used to do cross stitch projects and so I was on the look out for a cross stitch cushion for the new house. I didn't find one, but I did find this chicken tapestry from the Historical Sampler Company instead. It is very similar to cross stitch, except you only do half of the cross.
I didn't start it as soon as I got home and I haven't been working on it exclusively, so its not taken a full 6 months to do, but it's felt like it at times!
Once it was complete I got 'im outdoors to help me pin it to a sheet of MDF so I could steam it back into shape (my sweating hands and rolling it up to work on had made it more diamond than square).
Then using a fat quarter from our local sewing shop I made a really simple envelope-style back to the cushion. It took me about 10 minutes, which felt a bit easy considering how long the front took to make. But I am so chuffed with how its come out. It looks stunning in our new armchair. (Yes this is the one I found to go with the chest of drawers. It was a lot closer than the drawers were and I didn't feel bad sending 'im outdoors to fetch it. We both love it!)
